Yorktown Baptist to expand church

Here is an artist's rendering of the 800-seat worship center that the Yorktown Baptist Church will begin construction on this month.

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CORPUS CHRISTI - Yorktown Baptist Church will have a dedication ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday for its new 800-seat worship center.

The ceremony will include an invocation, children's activities and a cookout.

Yorktown Baptist Church, which began in Kaffie Middle School in 1989 before moving in 1991, has a sanctuary capacity of 350 at each of its two services at the current Yorktown Boulevard.

"This expansion project is a direct result of the membership growth rate we have experienced during the past several years," associate pastor of Yorktown Baptist Church Alan Reed said. "Our desire is not to build for building sake, but to better serve and reach out to the greater south side area of Corpus Christi."

The 15,000 square-foot facility includes a sanctuary, state-of-the-art sound system and stadium style seating and is scheduled for completion by summer 2008. A Bible marked with members' favorite scriptures will be placed in the building's foundation.

Additional construction projects slated for 2008 include a nursery and preschool wing. For more information, go to www.yorktownbaptist.org or call 993-9675.